Paul,
Sure it is!!! If it wasn't, you wouldn't have invested so much in it.
It may have that value to nobody but yourself, but then you are the only
one that really matters!
Joe
P.S. We all have pondered that particular observation at some point in
our restorations!
Mostrom, Paul wrote:
>
> I am absolutely sure that my '77 is not worth the time and money that I have
> invested in it, but that's not really what matters (to me).
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Mostrom
> '77 Spitfire 1500
>
> 'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
>
> 'Black Hole' a '77 Spitfire that I pour money into....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Mace [mailto:amace@unix2.nysed.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 11:24 AM
> To: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil
> Cc: Sam Gentry; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: expensive spit
>
> On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 Patrick Bowen wrote:
>
> > ...I found a couple of months ago in the Chicago area two neveer
> > liscenced spits '80 type that were in mint condition stored in a
> > showroom the whole time and they were only asking $12000 a piece. and
> > these were legally brand new cars.
>
> Wow; time warp! A great novelty to be sure. A $12,000 novelty? Perhaps.
> The irony of all that? I'll wager that it is possible to identify and
> purchase a 1980 Spitfire in very good condition for (just for the sake of
> argument) $4000, then spend upwards of $8000 to bring the car to
> absolutely "as-new" condition. Once done, you'd have two $12,000
> Spitfires, either of which might stand an equal chance of winning a
> "Concours" event. In fact, the restored car probably will have a slight
> edge, since the restorer isn't being rushed by the next 20 Spitfires
> coming down the line behind this one, and has time to make sure the
> stickers and badges are aligned nicely and the small run on the LR fender
> is buffed out properly and the top fits well and the carpet is glued
> down and....
>
> But that doesn't answer the question of whether either car is worth
> $12,000, does it? :-)
>
> --Andy
>
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